Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	259% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 04:59
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 580 77% 579 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 111% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 474GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 914 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 335 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19672666876	111% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 418 Mixed 428 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36.1 169% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 137 154% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7022 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2302 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 780 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26381177583	121% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 415 Mixed 423 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.3 198% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 119 144% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 219GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 429 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 16 (A3) Unknown 100 100 333 (94) Unknown 100 100 9868 (95) Unknown 100 100 161 (96) Unknown 100 100 30 (97) Unknown 100 100 141 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2943 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34227099664407 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11946 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8144 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17382 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19736 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.8% Very good	Read 493 Write 255 Mixed 267 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 24.1 116% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 40.9 51% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,649 Write 1,172 Mixed 1,385 380% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 62 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 32 223% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 212 212% 338 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	297x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	167x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	40x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $617

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16